CETA: Canada-EU trade deal by the numbers

Prime Minister Stephen Harper stands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso after signing an agreement in principle on trade Friday at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Canada and the European Union have reached an "agreement in principle" on a free-trade deal that would mean the removal of many tariffs and greater trade in goods and services between Canada and the 500 million people of the EU.

The deal is expected to remove 98 per cent of tariffs on imported and exported goods as soon as it comes into force, which is not expected to happen for at least two years.

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